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CRETech June 13, 2019
KKR, the investment firm known for company takeovers, has doubled its stake in a company that targets house-flipping. The firm invested another $250 million in New Jersey-based Toorak Capital Partners, which has $1.5 billion in house-flipping loans on its books, according to the Wall Street Journal. Toorak buys loans from firms like LendingHome and PeerStreet, which issue 12-month, high-yiel...
CRETech June 13, 2019
While there is a lot of talk about the benefits of integrating technology into the commercial real estate industry, the biggest benefit is increased productivity and better building operations. For apartment owners—one of the most management intensive asset classes—technology can be a game changer. Investing in technology and IT can drive better productivity and make operations staff happier. ...
CRETech June 12, 2019
There are no Salesforce signs in the lobby. The top floor hasn’t been converted into an Ohana room. And believe it or not, some of the products made in these brightly lit offices run not in the cloud but on regular old servers. But if the Seattle region is poised to become Salesforce “HQ2,” as
CRETech June 12, 2019
Another retailer is getting into the coworking game. A well-funded startup that wants to help online brands break into brick-and-mortar retail—Showfields—opened up a free coworking space on the top of its Noho building today, the company announced. Unlike other coworking spots, Showfields isn’t trying to replace a trad...
CRETech June 12, 2019
Savills has joined CBRE in launching its own flexible office brand, as real estate brokers look to muscle in on the turf of big coworking and serviced office firms. The listed agency firm has launched a new service line called Pivot. It will offer the service to UK landlords, who can use it to provide fully fitted out, turnkey office space for tenants.
CRETech June 12, 2019
In February, CVS CEO Larry Merlo claimed his company would become a “health care destination”marked by the launch of new Health Hubs. Health Hubs dedicate 20% of the overall store space to health services and aim to focus on high-cost chronic conditions like diabetes. CVS planned to lau...
CRETech June 12, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catylist, the leading commercial real estate (CRE) technology provider, announces the launch of Commercial Exchange – a national commercial real estate marketplace where users can search sale and lease availabilities sourced directly from brokers in Catylist’s network of 50+ local commercial real estate platforms in markets across the country. Unlike natio...
CRETech June 12, 2019
Life Time Work has opened its first coworking location in Houston and its third in the country. Adjacent to Life Time Athletic, the City Centre Five office is at 825 Town & Country Lane. A host of companies ranging from consulting, financial services, creative advertising, technology, video and fashion have already started moving in. The space is more than 60% leased, according to Life Time...
CRETech June 12, 2019

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the death of traditional retail has been greatly exaggerated.

A majority of goods transacted in the U.S. in 2018 were sold in brick-and-mortar stores, according to all available analysis. But, of course, traditional retailers cannot ignore the constant disruption occurring in their industry. Digital’s share of retail has nearly tripled i...

CRETech June 12, 2019
SANTA CLARA, CA—A new approach for easily connecting rideshare drivers and customers has been introduced at Santa Clara Square: digital signs that pinpoint the exact pick-up location. The system, a collaboration between Irvine Company, Lyft and RideStop, allows Lyft driv...